SMS study

chAos · Dec 9th, 2008, 10:55

Hey, now there's scientific proof to back up IM's ban on sms-speak. Nick will be so thrilled.

Abbrvatd SMS tks too lng 2 undrstnd

Nick-H · Dec 9th, 2008, 11:34

....

capt_mahajan · Dec 9th, 2008, 13:04

I am on the lookout for a cellphone with no SMS facility.

puchoo · Dec 9th, 2008, 15:09

best of luck!!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by capt_mahajan

I am on the lookout for a cellphone with no SMS facility.

Nick-H · Dec 9th, 2008, 15:36

I love the SMS text-messaging facility! It is a wonderful way to send short messages.

e-mail has resurrected letter writing; SMS is just another way of communicating. SMS is hardly the place to get wordy, but we do not have to become incomprehensible, and we do not have to use what is appropriate to SMS in other forms.

Dilliwala · Dec 9th, 2008, 17:13

So why aren't you typing Short Message Service each time?
Surely the very first bit of SMS-speak is - SMS?

iwanttogoback · Dec 9th, 2008, 18:07

Quote:

Surely the very first bit of SMS-speak is - SMS?

no, it's just a TLA.

Nick-H · Dec 9th, 2008, 22:36

Regular rant...

No, No, No, No, NO...

It is not an acronym, as it cannot be pronounced as a word. both TLA and SMS are abbreviations!

Quote:

no, it's just a TLA.

Quite.

Dilliwala · Dec 9th, 2008, 23:05

What's a TLA?

A tender loving abbreviation?

Ignite · Dec 9th, 2008, 23:44

Before India Mike, the only time I did'nt use SMS was when I had a paper due for school, but now I've been on India Mike so much that I don't use SMS language even on cell phone texting, and it actually bugs me when a friend texts me in the SMS language.

chAos · Dec 10th, 2008, 00:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dilliwala

So why aren't you typing Short Message Service each time?

if u r askn me, itz bcos i dint no dat b4.

4 u... tla

Nick-H · Dec 10th, 2008, 14:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dilliwala

What's a TLA?

A tender loving abbreviation?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ignite

Before India Mike, the only time I did'nt use SMS was when I had a paper due for school, but now I've been on India Mike so much that I don't use SMS language even on cell phone texting, and it actually bugs me when a friend texts me in the SMS language.

Wow! IndiaMike proven to have changed the world for the better!

iwanttogoback · Dec 11th, 2008, 14:37

TLA = three letter acronym

Nick-H · Dec 11th, 2008, 16:48

TLA = three letter abbreviation!

well, OK, TLA is a three-letter abbreviation, but can refer to three letter acronyms, but its origin was the joke line ...The last thing we need is more TLAs.

It was always a joke to techies: the marketing people probably took it seriously!

sannna · Dec 11th, 2008, 19:32

I have never understood sms language for sms-ing even. Usually I type an sms, it is too long and then I spend ten minutes changing it into some sort of sms-language. It takes ages! By that time I am usually fed up and think I should have better called in the first place if I have so much to say...

Dec 9th, 2008, 10:55	#1
chAos I have a theory... Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: dakshin Posts: 1,334	SMS study Hey, now there's scientific proof to back up IM's ban on sms-speak. Nick will be so thrilled. Abbrvatd SMS tks too lng 2 undrstnd

Dec 9th, 2008, 23:44	#10
Ignite Here's the thing.... Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: The City of Angels Posts: 1,016	Before India Mike, the only time I did'nt use SMS was when I had a paper due for school, but now I've been on India Mike so much that I don't use SMS language even on cell phone texting, and it actually bugs me when a friend texts me in the SMS language. __________________ “Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.” Oscar Wilde

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